19 December 2005

SMS appointment reminders get language boost

A GP practice in south London which is using text messaging to send out appointment reminders to its patients will soon
Read More
16 December 2005

Pharmacists call for GP booking facility

  Pharmacy representatives are calling for a ‘Choose and Book’ style system to be set up between pharmacies and GP
Read More
16 December 2005

Increased mortality after drug entry system installed

Researchers in the US have found a surprise rise in the mortality rates in a children’s hospital since the implementation
Read More
15 December 2005

MoD to announce EHR contract next year

The MoD will award a contract to build an electronic medical record system that will be used across the whole
Read More
14 December 2005

Hemel explosion hits Northgate hospital customers

Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, were was working on paper this week after the
Read More
14 December 2005

Yorkshire trust procures for new clinical system

South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust has issued a procurement notice for the supply of an integrated clinical information
Read More
13 December 2005

Training on the go

Dr Neil Bacon, founder of Doctors.net.uk, on the benefits of online training and how a programme funded by the HPA
Read More
13 December 2005

National children’s database gets go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for the creation of an electronic information sharing index containing information on all children
Read More
13 December 2005

National appointment booking line scales up

The national Choose and Book Appointments Line (CABAL) is now handling about 6000 calls a week with about three quarters
Read More
13 December 2005

Choose and Book passes 50,000 mark

More than 6,000 appointments a week are now being made through Choose and Book with the total number of bookings
Read More